Inpatient rehabilitation service
A doctor may ask a therapist from physical therapy, occupational therapy or speech therapy to come to a patient’s Hospital room and begin treatment right at the bedside. Types of services that rehabilitation therapists provide right in the Hospital include:
- Instruction and practice on safe transfer in and out of bed, a chair or wheelchair
- Proper fit and practice on how to correctly use a walker, cane, crutches, or other mobility devices
- Identification of assistive devices that will help with activities of daily living
- Exercise
- Gait (walking) and stair training
- Instruction and practice bathing and dressing
Outpatient comprehensive rehabilitation
For patients who need continued therapy after they are dismissed from the Hospital. Our Outpatient Comprehensive Rehabilitation team can offer multiple types of therapy and consists of physical, occupational and speech therapists and social workers.
Physical therapy
Licking Memorial physical therapists create individualized exercise programs, utilize manual therapy and other approaches in order to increase strength and mobility, decrease pain and maximize function. Physical therapy can be used to treat:
- Orthopedic injuries
- Sport-related injuries
- Traumatic injuries
- Arthritis
- Joint replacement
- Deconditioning
- Balance impairments
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- Neurological conditions
- Multiple sclerosis
- Cerebral palsy
- Nerve injuries
- Stroke
- Post-surgical recovery
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation
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- Amputations
- Head injuries
- Neck/Back pain
- Headaches
- Vertigo
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Occupational therapy
Occupational therapy will help address deficits of motor, sensory, and cognitive skills to maximize independence. It is used to treat ailments such as:
- Work-related injuries
- Sport-related injuries
- Amputations
- Neurological conditions
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- Stroke
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Epicondylitis
- Tendonitis
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- Fibromyalgia
- Developmental disabilities
- Sensory processing
- Lymphedema
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Hand therapy
Licking Memorial Hospital Occupational Therapists have specialized training in the treatment of elbow, wrist, and hand in order to treat patients with:
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Arthritis
- Tennis elbow
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- Amputation
- Tendon and nerve injuries
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Speech therapy
Speech and language therapy can help those who are experiencing difficulty swallowing as well as those with speech and language impairments. Speech therapy services are available to treat patients with:
- Stroke, brain injury, or other illness and injury that impair attention, memory, reasoning, and judgment
- Aphasia involving the loss of ability to speak or understand speech
- Laryngectomy
- Motor speech disorders that make articulation and intelligible speech difficult
- Stuttering
- Swallowing difficulty
Pediatric services for children with impaired or delayed speech, language and learning skills are also available. Children as young as 18 months can benefit from speech therapy when the main concern is speech and language development. Feeding therapy is also available to infants and toddlers who warrant such treatment.
Audiology services to assess hearing loss are available through Licking Memorial Otolaryngology (Ear Nose and Throat Specialists).
SportsMetrics™: ACL Injury Prevention Program
The Licking Memorial Hospital (LMH) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department has teamed up with SportsMetrics to provide an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevention program. The SportsMetrics Training Program is designed to be beneficial to athletes of all skill levels in order to provide feedback on proper jumping/landing technique and improve coordination, strength, agility, and flexibility in order to decrease the risk of injury to the knee.